oldweirdherald
02-04-2007, 11:52 PM
About a month or so ago, OWH began to get bombarded with new registrations who were then posting SPAM messages, or links to web sites - mostly porn.
It was hard for all of the moderators to keep up with deleting and banning the Spammers, so finally I had to switch off the automatic registration.
It has stopped the Spam posts, however, I had hoped it would stop the Spammers and they would go away.
We are now getting hundreds of new registrations every day, and it is often nearly impossible to tell the "real" ones from the Spammers, as they just get burried.
So - if you are new to OWH and you would like to register to post and participate on OWH Slot Car Talk, then unfortunately I need to ask that you take a few extra steps so that I know you are an actual slot car enthusiast and not a Spammer, and then I will manually activate your registration.
If you want to register, please do 3 things...
1 - DO NOT try to register with a user name that sounds like a porn star or other sexual innuendo. Yes - we do have a few "clever" user names used by actual slot car racers here - but they were here before the Spam attacks.
2 - Fill in your Profile information when you register. You MUST include something that indicates "slot cars" in your interests, and the more slot car related info the better.
3 - Email me at: paulk@oldweirdherald.com. Tell me your REAL NAME, where you live, the raceway where you race at (or club or home track) and BE SURE to tell me your USER NAME you registered under (it also helps if you email me from the email account you registered under). Basically - give me enough info so I know you are a slot car enthusiast and not a SPAMMER.
Put "SLOT CAR TALK REGISTRATION" (or at least something with "slot car" in it) in the SUBJECT LINE of the email. Emails with NO SUBJECT hit the trash, along with about 5,000 others PER DAY!
You would not believe the number of emails I get saying "Hey why can't I post???" and not even telling me their user name.
Thanks for your help and understanding. I am literally burried now in SPAM, and I do welcome any and all slot car enthusiasts to partisipate in this online community here at Old Weird Herald Slot Car Talk.
:)
It was hard for all of the moderators to keep up with deleting and banning the Spammers, so finally I had to switch off the automatic registration.
It has stopped the Spam posts, however, I had hoped it would stop the Spammers and they would go away.
We are now getting hundreds of new registrations every day, and it is often nearly impossible to tell the "real" ones from the Spammers, as they just get burried.
So - if you are new to OWH and you would like to register to post and participate on OWH Slot Car Talk, then unfortunately I need to ask that you take a few extra steps so that I know you are an actual slot car enthusiast and not a Spammer, and then I will manually activate your registration.
If you want to register, please do 3 things...
1 - DO NOT try to register with a user name that sounds like a porn star or other sexual innuendo. Yes - we do have a few "clever" user names used by actual slot car racers here - but they were here before the Spam attacks.
2 - Fill in your Profile information when you register. You MUST include something that indicates "slot cars" in your interests, and the more slot car related info the better.
3 - Email me at: paulk@oldweirdherald.com. Tell me your REAL NAME, where you live, the raceway where you race at (or club or home track) and BE SURE to tell me your USER NAME you registered under (it also helps if you email me from the email account you registered under). Basically - give me enough info so I know you are a slot car enthusiast and not a SPAMMER.
Put "SLOT CAR TALK REGISTRATION" (or at least something with "slot car" in it) in the SUBJECT LINE of the email. Emails with NO SUBJECT hit the trash, along with about 5,000 others PER DAY!
You would not believe the number of emails I get saying "Hey why can't I post???" and not even telling me their user name.
Thanks for your help and understanding. I am literally burried now in SPAM, and I do welcome any and all slot car enthusiasts to partisipate in this online community here at Old Weird Herald Slot Car Talk.
:)